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J. P. MUTTERSBAOH.

lTwo WHBBLED VEHIGLE.

Patented Sept. 118, 1883.

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' UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN P. MUTTERSBACH, OF HICKSVILLE, CALIFORNIA.

Two-wHEl-:LED VEHICLE.

PECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 285,153, dated September 18, 1883.

Application filed March'17, 1883. (No model.)

To aZZ whom, it may con/06m,:

Be it known that I, J oHN P. MrrERsBAcH, a citizen of Denmark, residing at Hicksvlle, in the county of Sacramento and State of California, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in TWo-VVheeled Vehiclcs; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon, which forms a part of this specification.

The figure is a side elevation, partly in section, of my improved two-wheeled vehicle.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

The object of my invention is to furnish a tWo-wheeled-vehicle that shall be simple in' front of the body A. On each side of the brace F, beneath it, are bolted G-shaped springs G, havingtheir fronts facing the vehicle. Leather straps H-one to ,each spring G-are also attached to brace F, and, passing around the backs of springs G, eXtend rearward over rollers I, fastened beneath the body A, and are secured by bolts h', passng through block h, attached to and beneath the body A at each corner of its rear. By screwing up the nuts of bolts h' the straps H may be slackened or tightened as required. The shafts O are attached to side springs, D, at their center tops by clips, and the springs D to the axle in the Slinle lllaillller. R

It will readily be seen that the attachment above described of the'vehicle-body A to the shafts O is simple and inexpensive, and furnishes a very easy-riding vehicle.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The vehicle-body A, secured to the shafts by the cross-rod E at its rear, and at its front by the straps H, passing over the back of springs G, secured to brace F, said straps H passing through roller I, secured beneath body A', and having their rear ends attached by bolts h' to block h, beneath body A, as shown and described.

2. The combination, with the springs G, attached to brace F, and the blocks c', attached beneath the rear of body A, of the leather straps H,-passing over rollers I, attached beneath body A, and having at their rear ends the bolts h', inserted through blocks h, substantially as and for the purposes described and herein set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my Signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN P. MUTTERSBAGH.

WVitnesses: V

JosHUA B. WEBSTERI, ELIHU B. STOWE. 

